Imagine a house with no ventilation, no light, no fireplace, toilet, or running water. It is humid and cold in winter, sultry in summer, and flooded from time to time. In comparison, stables with hay and impermeable floors are cleaner than this place.

, would you go without food and drink for 10 years to save up money to buy a house like this?

Of course, the real estate prices in emerging industrial cities are not as good as those in London. Even because of the large influx of people, it has only transformed from a "town" into a big city, while London has become a metropolis of 2 million people, even surpassing Paris.

But at that time, London was full of slums, which were hotbeds of disease and crime.

In fact, cholera broke out in London shortly after the Crystal Palace World Exhibition. However, this time Malfoy did not open a hotel while taking advantage of the "Blue Death" like his ancestors. They were trying to recover their losses.

The main territory of the Malfoy family is in Wiltshire, which is a piece of golden land, but it is in the countryside, far away from industrial cities. Due to the repeal of the Corn Laws, families like them suffered heavy losses. In addition to recovering some losses through animal husbandry,

They also exchanged part of the land for land development rights in the city, while those who obtained land in Wiltshire built manors in the picturesque countryside.

If it weren't for the fact that farmers went bankrupt and became landless workers, who would leave the peaceful countryside described by Jane Austen and go to the dirty, unsafe urban slums to share a house with dozens of people?

During the reign of Elizabeth I, mercantile ideas were implemented. She encouraged the enclosure movement. Of course, there would definitely be "injustice" when doing this "business". Even if it was not as obvious as the Earl of Essex, these "trivial" things would definitely happen.

The sum total of things is enough to make people feel outraged.

With her sister "Bloody Mary" as a comparison, Elizabeth I would get angry at every turn and order Parliament to "you'd better dissolve on the spot", which was no longer scary.

In history, it is not uncommon for kings to dissolve parliament. Even Cromwell did it, and William IV also dissolved the cabinet and parliament many times.

But Queen Victoria never dissolved Parliament unless initiated by the Prime Minister.

In 1841, she even had to accept the formation of a government by the Tories. She had to accept the reality that she must remain neutral and not decide the choice of prime minister and cabinet members based on personal likes and dislikes, but must respect the results of parliamentary elections.

However, the Queen had not yet thought of using her power to dissolve Parliament. It was not until 1858 that the Prime Minister at that time was the famous "Cupid" Palmerston. The Prime Minister was very rude to the Queen, even though

Not to mention the incident between him and the queen's maid, we can also see from the letters he wrote to the queen that there was inappropriate innuendo in the lines.

On January 15, 1858, Napoleon III and Queen Eugenie were assassinated on their way to the Opera House. An Italian threw a bomb into his carriage. Napoleon III and Queen Eugenie escaped, but ten people were killed on the spot.

killed and 150 injured.

At first, this incident did not affect the relationship between Britain and the Second French Empire, but soon it was reported that the person who planned the bombing conspiracy was actually in the UK, and the bomb used was also made in the UK. So the Foreign Secretary of the Second French Empire asked Pa.

Prime Minister Maxton sent a harshly worded dispatch asking the Prime Minister to take measures to restrict the asylum rights of foreign political rebels.

In order to appease Napoleon III, Prime Minister Palmerston wrote a bill proposing to convert conspiracy to murder, which was previously a misdemeanor, into a felony. This bill was supported by Queen Victoria, but was opposed by Parliament.

Theoretically, no one should question the king's decision in national affairs. In 1629, after Charles I dissolved Parliament and could not collect taxes, he tried to "loan". Five knights refused this request, and one of them applied to the Court of Queen's Bench.

The new justice approved the writ of habeas corpus, but after summoning the knight, he was imprisoned on the grounds that the knight had violated "the king's specific order" and the king had the right to imprison anyone without any explanation.

However, after the promulgation of the Bill of Rights, if you want to imprison a person, you must go through legal procedures. Moreover, it is illegal to abrogate and promulgate laws under the pretense of royal power without the consent of Parliament. Even treason requires a jury trial.

The public believed that this was Palmersmo's flattery to Napoleon III, but the bill was still forcibly submitted to the House of Commons for a second hearing, and was subsequently rejected, and Palmersmo resigned.

The Queen was worried about Parliament's sympathy for the accomplices of the Assassins. More importantly, Napoleon III's newspapers threatened to retaliate against Britain. In handling this kind of foreign affairs, it was necessary to rely on the Foreign Secretary. Unfortunately, the fourth generation Foreign Secretary at the time

The Earl of Clarendon had no desire for a peaceful settlement with France.

When the prime minister resigns, the queen can only reorganize the cabinet, but she cannot follow her own wishes and preferences. Unless she dissolves the parliament, the new cabinet selected by the parliament will still be unfavorable to her.

Fortunately, the new Minister of War "peacefully" and "smoothly" restored relations with the Second French Empire, but the result of this handling dissatisfied both Queen Victoria and Napoleon III. In August 1858, the Queen and Albert

The prince visited France, and later went to Hannover and Berlin, where he visited some places of interest.

At that time, Paris, like London, was full of crowded houses and narrow and winding roads. As long as there was a little open space, it would be used to build houses. There was a lack of planning. The next year, in 1859, Napoleon III appointed Haussmann as the governor of the Seine.

Senior officials promoted the transformation of Paris.

There was a public health reform in the UK in the 1840s. However, compared with the problem of crowded housing, the health movement mainly focused on rectifying the sewage and drinking water problems. In fact, it did not play a big role. Otherwise, there would not have been the cholera outbreak and the 1858 epidemic.

London stinks.

When the Queen left, it happened to be a very smelly summer. Members of Parliament next to the Thames were so smelly that they could not breathe. Then they quickly agreed to fund the construction of a new sewage treatment system so that domestic sewage would no longer be discharged directly into the

Construction of the Thames River began in 1859 and was completed in 1865.

Slum rectification requires demolition first. No technical skills are required to do this, and anyone can do it. However, after demolition, reconstruction requires construction workers and designers, as well as planning, health and other departments. It is better to wait for them to build new houses on the original site.

Accept your misfortune and find somewhere else to settle down.

Then this land will be used by real estate developers like Malfoy to build houses. The ownership of the house belongs to Malfoy. The new house will be a townhouse with a toilet, fireplace, kitchen, bedroom, and windows. Everything is in compliance with the law.

According to regulations, the price of this house is more than 10 pounds.

If you can't afford it, you can rent it. If the rent is 10 pounds a year, it will be 100 pounds in 10 years. This is an expense that few families can afford.

In 1831, the estimated population of Britain was 16 million, but only 1.35 million people met the electoral criteria, and more than 90% of the people could not afford 10 pounds.

In contrast, workers spend an average of 3 pounds per person on alcohol. If they don't drink, save this money, and work hard, will they easily get out of poverty?

For most of the 19th century, Britain never regarded poverty as a social problem. Laziness was an original sin, and people who were self-indulgent and lacked self-discipline were a burden to society.

Wandering on the streets in winter is very dangerous because it is very cold outside and it is easy to freeze to death in your sleep, but going to a workhouse is not an ideal option.

First, there are many rules and punishments, and the stewards threaten to drive people out at every turn. Only the old, weak, sick, and orphans will enter the workhouse. The young and strong will "find another way."

Second, relief and shelter are not free. The price will be clearly marked based on the comfort of the "bed" to sleep in. This is to prevent people from staying in it and having to go out to work to have money to pay for staying there.

Tea used to be a luxury enjoyed by the rich. By the Victorian era, it was now within the reach of ordinary people, but their ability to obtain the necessities of life had not improved.

Pomona looked at the tea cup in her hand. There was a little tea stain on the bottom of the tea, but she was not in the mood to use it for divination.

After drinking this cup of tea, she felt much more awake than when she drank the sweet wine just now. The wine made by the elves was magical, and she didn't feel nauseous after drinking it.

Human life is developing. In the past, the main expenditure of the family was grain. The father only needed to feed the family and he was already responsible.

Later it was turned into a house, and he wanted to provide a shelter from wind and rain for his family.

Vernon bought his son a lot of new toys, Dally got whatever he wanted, and Harry even wore his cousin's old clothes.

But at least there was no loud noise or the sound of things breaking in that house.

Many children would "hope" to get something they have always wanted when making birthday wishes. Severus' birthday was very simple. He didn't need a big cake, noisy friends or parties. He just needed "quietness".

He never said it, Lily would always give him gifts on his birthday and he would accept them with a smile. Pomona knew this when he was training him in Occlumency.

He is such a strange child. He doesn't like "happiness". No wonder he is so old-fashioned at such a young age.

Pomona put down the tea cup and looked at herself in the mirror.

If love is a luxury product as some people say, then it is also "exclusive" and will not make people become tolerant. Instead, it will make people suspicious, just like there is always a thief who is thinking about giving it to you.

steal.

This kind of day and night protection feels too tiring, so let’s not forget about it.

Then she put down the tea cup, turned around and threw herself on the bed.

She is very tired now, but can't fall asleep because of drinking tea.

After lying down for a while, she decided to go out for a walk. It seemed that wine and tea couldn't be drunk together.
Chapter completed!